Enlightened England: An Anthology of Eighteenth Century LiteratureW.W. Norton, 1947 - 1248 pages |
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... Nature , the imagi- nation or fancy of it must be allowed to be from Nature alone . Nor can anything besides art and strong endeavor , with long practice and meditation , overcome such a natural prevention or prepos- session of the mind ...
... Nature , the imagi- nation or fancy of it must be allowed to be from Nature alone . Nor can anything besides art and strong endeavor , with long practice and meditation , overcome such a natural prevention or prepos- session of the mind ...
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... nature , in order to gratify natural propensities by other means , which are found by experience full as capable of affording such gratification . It sets out with a language in the highest degree artificial , a construction of measured ...
... nature , in order to gratify natural propensities by other means , which are found by experience full as capable of affording such gratification . It sets out with a language in the highest degree artificial , a construction of measured ...
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... nature , or is demonstrated by nature . Edward Young , opposing deism in Night Thoughts , urged that we " Renounce St. Evremond , and read St. Paul . " In the next breath he appealed to the stars as " nature's system of divinity . " The ...
... nature , or is demonstrated by nature . Edward Young , opposing deism in Night Thoughts , urged that we " Renounce St. Evremond , and read St. Paul . " In the next breath he appealed to the stars as " nature's system of divinity . " The ...
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The titles of certain selections appear in smaller type These selections | 2 |
Daniel Defoe | 11 |
Isaac Watts | 57 |
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